List of Dungeons & Dragons monsters (1974–1976)

TSR 2002 - Dungeons & Dragons "white box" (1974)

This early boxed set by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson was printed in 1974, and is often known as the "white box." It contained two booklets, one of which—"Monsters & Treasure"—contained some of the first descriptions of the game's most iconic monsters. This booklet contained an index on pages 3-4 featuring stats only for how many creatures of each type appeared per encounter, armor class, how many inches the creature could move on its turn, hit dice, % in lair, and treasure. Pages 5-20 followed with descriptions of each of the monsters, typically consisting of one or more paragraphs. Most of the monsters on this book did not feature an illustration. Also featured are descriptions of humans (bandits, brigands, berserkers, dervishes, nomads, buccaneers, cavemen, and mermen), horses, insects, and other small and large animals.

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TSR 2005 - Dungeons & Dragons Supplement III: Eldritch Wizardry (1976)

This third supplement to the Gygax/Arneson boxed set is by Gary Gygax and Brian Blume and was printed in 1976. Information is presented in a similar manner as that in the boxed set booklet. Page 27 contains an index of the monsters presented in the book, and pages 27-40 contain descriptions of each monster. Additions and corrections to several monsters from previous books in the series are included in this book from pages 27-29.

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